A bemused Mike Tyson couldn't cover his disapproval after the returning Tyson Fury was named the victor in his bout in opposition to MMA star Francis Ngannou. The 'Gypsy King' would triumph on a cut up determination as his opponent defied the chances to take the struggle the space.

Despite the British fighter having walked away from Boulevard Hall with his undefeated record still intact, it's clear that his namesake Tyson felt he was lucky.The Manchester-born star's victory wouldn't precisely include the approval of Tyson who was watching ringside. 

Fury was knocked down by Ngannou in Round 3 of the 10-round heavyweight struggle. Despite being down early within the contest in Riyadh, Fury finally got here out on prime in a bout that proved way more of a contest than he might have bargained for. 

When requested by a reporter whether or not he felt Ngannou was unfortunate to haven't received, he would stay coy, with a snarling retort as he fired again with: "How did you score it," to which the reporter revealed: "I thought Francis won."

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He rejected the notion that the Cameroonian was 'robbed' following the cut up determination through scores of 94-95, 96-93, 95-94. Tyson clearly felt that Fury was the more severe fighter on the night time, including: "No, it wasn't a robbery. But everyone knows the outcome."

When it involves the defeated Ngannou, there was no doubting his buoyant perspective regardless of dropping in his first ever skilled boxing bout. It appeared that the UFC heavyweight champion's dedication is to make a hit of his transition to boxing regardless of the defeat.

"I'm feeling great, I'm feeling fantastic. I'm really happy," he revealed. "I might be wounded but I'm not beaten today - I can bite. I'm just a fighter and I'm ready to fight anytime soon.

"We can run it again once more and I'm positive I'm going to get higher. This was my first boxing match, nice expertise. There's no excuse, I do know I got here up quick."

After greater than matching Fury throughout the ten rounds in Saudi Arabia, it was apparent that he felt that he had much more to provide within the aftermath. He added: "I'm going to return and work tougher with somewhat little bit of expertise this time, somewhat extra feeling of the sport and I'll come again stronger.

"At first I was a little nervous about this new sport that I never did. Now I know I can do this s***. Get ready because a wolf is in the house! I'm going to bite some s***."